Widener Celebrates the
Bard’s 450th, Renaissance Style on Sunday
In celebration of
William Shakespeare’s 450th birthday, Widener University’s Lone
Brick Theatre Company hosts the campus’s First Annual Renaissance Festival on
Sunday, April 27. The festival runs 2-6 p.m. on Widener’s Main Campus in
Chester on Memorial Field and in Alumni Auditorium.
Bringing together the creative
talents of more than 60 students and faculty members, the festival blends
entertainment and education through performance, sports, food and crafts.
Among the events are:
The Calcio Fiorentino Tournament in
which teams of students compete throughout the festival in a Renaissance
precursor to modern football, soccer and rugby.
“Skewered!” an interactive fencing
demonstration in which Dr. Annalisa Castaldo, associate professor of English,
touches on the duel and its role in the Renaissance.
Fair Ophelia’s where visitors can
discover the meanings of the maid’s flowers and make floral head wreaths of
their own (jumping in the water afterward is optional).
New World Drums where visitors can sate their
appetite for America’s greatest contribution to Renaissance Festivals: the
turkey leg.
Instrumental in the process of
organizing the festival has been the Festival Planning Committee comprised of
Widener students. Robert Reutter, director of Lone Brick Theatre and
senior lecturer of English, molded his PRWR215: Effective Communication in
the Digital Age course into this committee and tasked his students with
various components of the preparation applying theoretical coursework to
real-world application.
“It is my hope that festivals like
these will help not only Widener come together but Chester come together as a
community. If we can rally together and support one another, only good
things can follow,” said Michele Hanley, a member of the Festival Planning
Committee and sophomore at Widener.
Entrance to the event
is free, and the festival is open to the public. Some individual attractions,
food and activities carry fees.
For more information
or to contact Lone Brick Theatre regarding participation in the event, e-mail
Reutter at rareutter@mail.widener.edu or visit https://www.facebook.com/lonebricktheatrecoA
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